Congregational Church Bell

Linwood, Nebraska

Inscribed on the Bell:

Mc Shane Bell Foundry

Henry McShane & Co.

Baltimore, Md

Weight: 795 lbs.

The records for the bell and the church were destroyed in a flood. The bronze bell carried no date. The church closed in the early 1970's.

Marker is ...

St. Bernard Catholic Church Bell

St. Bernard Township, Nebraska

Inscribed on the Bell:

Meneely & Kimberly,

Founders,

Troy, N.Y.

1878

Weight: 710 lbs.

About 1873-1874 a few Catholic families began to settle in the vicinity of the present St. Bernard. Thus, we find John Dieter, John Melcher, Mathias Classen, Joseph Steibly, and ...

The Columbus Quincentenary Belltower

In 1492 Christopher Columbus,

his crew and three ships, the

Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria

set sail from Spain

to the New World.

That voyage is depicted

in the scene above as

we pay tribute to the man,

the voyage and the

community namesake.

Dedicated April 25, 1992

In Commemoration of

Christopher ...

6th Bomb Group

24 Bomb Sqd. • 39 Bomb Sqd. • 40 Bomb Sqd.

The men and women of the 6th Bomb Group Association thank the people of Grand Island for their warm hospitality when we trained here in 1944/1945 before leaving for the ...

Houston Yacht Club

The Houston Yacht Club was organized in 1897 by a group of prominent citizens. Members met in the Binz Building in downtown Houston and were led by the first Commodore, Dan E. Kennedy. After Kennedy's death in 1904, the boatmen ...

Fort Bonneville

In a grove of cottonwoods across the river, Capt. B.L.E. Bonneville established a winter fur trade post. Sept. 26, 1832. His fort, described by a rival trapper as "a miserable establishment" - - -"consisted of several log cabins, low, badly ...

Freedom Hill Redoubt

Late-War Protection

Small batteries called redoubts were constructed during the Civil War as part of the outer defensive lines that encircled Washington, D.C. Late in the war, the one in front of you was built here on Freedom Hill (according to ...

John Kirby Allen (1810-1838)

Co-founder of Houston

Gravesite of

John Kirby Allen (1810-1838)

Co-founder of Houston

Houston in 1836 was a humid swamp overgrown with sweet gum trees and coffee bean weeds. In this spot, however, two brothers from New York recognized the future "commercial emporium of Texas."

John ...

Sugar Point Battle

When a federal marshal with about 100 troops of the 3rd Infantry tried to arrest the Chippewa Chief Bugonaygeshig at Sugar Point opposite here on the northeast shore of the lake, a sharp fight occurred October 5, 1898. The whites ...

Abbott House

Jo Abbott and his wife, Rowena Sturgis Abbott, bought this property in 1883 and later built the house next door (west). Abbott was a county and district judge, congressman, and local banker. In 1899 this house (originally a T-plan) was ...